Control the slaves; criminalize, tax or prohibit everything that isn't profit oriented. Separation of Church and State, or did the church become the state? From where do these ideas of societal control derive their origin, and what bodies work to achieve these aims today? Why do those who can afford to do so spend their time in international water or private islands? To try to escape the system of control?

Drugs

Alcohol

Tobacco

Sex

Firearms

Art

Forbidden relationships

All things heavily regulated naturally produce a black market and associated criminal element. For a bunch of freedom fighters, Americans are wound pretty tight about how other people are authorized to have fun. The ban everything crowd has put us in prisons of morality that stifle conversation about even the basis of the restrictions. "Everyone knows _____ is bad for you and is therefore sinful". Double whammy.

Destiny in jeopardy, induces terror. Hypocritical double-standards of enforcement. Advertising the triggers everywhere and criminalizing the programmed response for profit. Can't even teach one's own children about these subjects without endangering your and their future, risking involvement of CPS or cops.  So, we send our kids to complete strangers, teachers and priests and doctors, to get expert advice on those subjects we've been effectively prohibited in dealing with.  Are we surprised by the results?

We find the first recorded instance of Prohibition of alcohol sales in the Code of Hammurabi (1750BC). But Hammurabi tells us he got the code from Shamash,[7] and in the preface, he states, "Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak; so that I should rule over the black-headed people like Shamash, and enlighten the land, to further the well-being of mankind."[8] The laws were arranged in 44 columns and 28 paragraphs; some follow along the rules of "an eye for an eye".[9] 

But the Hammurabi code was a quadruple standard system that accounted for various crimes and penalties based on your station in life, slave vs free, etc.. Ergo, not equal.

We are seeking equality for all, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi